Results
TEAM MANAGERS REPORT
MIDDLESEX VS BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FITA OUTDOOR SHOOT 29 JUNE 2008
On the 29th June at Greenwood Osterley. Middlesex hosted the annual Middlesex vs Buckinghamshire outdoor match. The was weather was overcast most of the day with sunny spells in-between and with a little wind for most of the day. Middlesex had a good day by winning three out of four of the matches. There was some confussion over the number of arrows to shoot when the targets were moved to 50 meters, some archers shot 6 arrows and not 3 this was sorted out by the judges at the time.
My thanks goes out to all the archers who shot for the county particularly those who had not done so before.
Middlesex vs. Buckinghamshire – Overall Results
Compound: Middlesex – 5021, Buckinghamshire – 4682
Recurve: Middlesex – 6816, Buckinghamshire – 6632
Longbow: Buckinghamshire – 2002, Middlesex- 1584
Juniors: Middlesex – 5354, Buckinghamshire – 5030
Ron Hawkes team manager.
FOUR COUNTIES FITA OUTDOOR SHOOT 22 JUNE 2008
On the 22nd June at Greenwood Osterley Middlesex hosted the four way county shoot. Although it ended up as a three way shoot as London could not field a team. The weather was damp to start with and brightened up later, so all in all we had a very good day despite the wind being very gusty.
It was a disappointing match for Middlesex, we did not win any of the categories. The junior team done well considering half of them have not shot for the county before.
My thanks goes out to all the archers who shot for the county, hopefully we will do better next time.
Ron Hawkes, Team Manager
The overall results were;
Recurve
1st Essex 6930, 2nd Middlesex 6627, 3rd Kent 6093
Compound
1st Kent – 5022, 2nd Essex 4960, 3rd Middlesex 4627
Longbow
1st Essex – 2055, 2nd Kent 1573, 3rd Middlesex 1462
Junior recurve
1st Essex – 4568, 2nd Kent – 4577 **, 3rd Middlesex 3477
** Kent did not field a mixed gender team as required under local rules, thus Middlesex came second by default.
FOUR COUNTIES PORTSMOUTH SHOOT 30 MARCH 2008
The Competition was closely fought between the teams. there was only 113 point between the first team and last place team. Well done to all the archers who took part. Top Scoring archer was Gary Ward from Middlesex with a score of 587,Top Lady was Pat Spragg from Essex with a score of 567.The top five archers scores only counted this was due to one team being short of one member (Middlesex).
My Thanks goes to the judge Paula Goldlng who stepped at short notice.
A BIG THANK YOU to all that helped behind the scenes.
Ron Hawkes Team Manager
Middlesex vs Hertfordshire 2nd March 2008
It was a disappointing result for the Middlesex archers at the annual indoor match against Hertfordshire. The Hertfordshire compound team led from the start and Middlesex lost the match by 52 points but they were up against a very good compound team.
The longbow team were losing after the first dozen by 5 points after the second dozen they were in the lead by 4 points, then Hertfordshire settled down and dominated the rest of the match, finishing 93 points ahead.
The recurve team started very well being in the lead by one point after the first dozen but Hertfordshire settled down and increased their lead by an average of 25 points over the next four dozen arrows and finished the match 99 points ahead.
It was a good match and a very friendly atmosphere. The facilities for shooting were bright and airy (particularly the bright blue walls). The judge was Clive Haywood of Hertfordshire. Kevin Thurlow also made an appearance. My thanks goes out to all the archers who shot for the Middlesex team.
Regards
Ron, Team Manager
